By the early 1950s, Rosa Parks and her now deceased husband were long-time activists in Montgomery Alabama's chapter of the NAACP. 4, 1913, she married Raymond Parks in 1932. In 1999, when former President Bill Clinton presented Parks with the Congressional Gold Medal, he said her short bus ride went a long way for civil rights.īorn Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. Kirkus Reviews calls it "A barely serviceable introduction with far more child appeal than substance." while Publishers Weekly finds that "Moments of humor help balance out the harsh racial prejudice on display.Just months after the 1955 bus boycott, Rosa Parks recounts the incident with Sydney Rogers. Meltzer was featured on many morning news shows to discuss the books, including CBS This Morning. With the recent launch of I Am Rosa Parks, all three books in the "Ordinary People Change the World" series appeared simultaneously on the New York Times Bestseller List: I Am Rosa Parks at #2 I Am Abraham Lincoln at #6 and I Am Amelia Earhart at #8. The publisher has ordered 12 books in the series.
Each book features the story of a hero when they were a child. Together with award-winning comics artist Chris Eliopoulos, Meltzer created the "Ordinary People Change the World" children's book series. Meltzer wanted to give his daughter and sons real heroes, ordinary people who stood up for what is right and changed the world. All he saw in the racks were T-shirts with princesses and loud mouth athletes. The idea for the "Ordinary People Change the World" series came to Meltzer as he was shopping for his young daughter. This experience teaches her to stand up for herself and for what is right. The boy's mother yelled at her, but Rosa stood her ground and explained that the boy had pushed her even though she had not bothered him at all. She knew fighting was wrong, but she didn't want the boy picking on her again. As a child, young Rosa Parks was shoved by a white boy, even though she was just minding her own business. The book features a young Rosa Parks, before inspired the Montgomery bus boycott. It follows the adventures of a young Rosa Parks learning important lessons.
I Am Rosa Parks is a 2014 children's picture book written by Brad Meltzer in the 'Ordinary People Change the World' series.
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